Public memorial service set for lost sailor and former Giants bat girl

Alexis Busch, one of four sailors lost at sea April 14, was a bat girl for the Giants during her teenage years. (San Francisco Giants, Heidi Montoya/AP)

One of the four sailors lost a sea April 14 on a race around the Farallon Islands will be remembered publicly at AT&T Park next week, Giants officials announced.

Alexis Busch, 26, was a bat girl for the Giants as a teenager and “considered AT&T Park her home away from home and the Giants as her second family,” said her brother Chris Busch in a statement. Her father is former Giants executive Corey Busch.

Busch and an experienced sailing crew were racing the Full Crew Farallones Race and rounding the islands when their boat, the Low Speed Chase, was overwhelmed by waves. Three crew members survived, and one was pulled from the waves but died. Four others, including Busch, were lost.

The memorial service will begin on Monday, April 30 at 1 p.m. Attendees can park across the Lefty O’Doul’s/Third Street Bridge and enter the ballpark through the Willie Mays Gate starting at 12:30 p.m.

“Every member of our family extends our heartfelt condolences to the friends and families of all those who died with my sister and we will continue to hold them in our hearts,” Chris Busch said. “We would also like to thank Larry Baer and the entire Giants organization for their tremendous support during this difficult time.”